Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IPsec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IPsec over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 646 654 803
Rank change year-on-year +8 +149 +9
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 123 112 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 1.20% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 101 78 124
10th Percentile £45,000 £29,075 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £35,000 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% -10.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £41,875 £52,500
% change year-on-year +43.28% -20.24% +7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IPsec falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,486 9,313 13,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.05% 13.95% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,782 7,260 9,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IPsec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in the UK

IPsec
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IPsec.

Salary trend for IPsec in the UK

IPsec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPsec over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for IPsec in the UK

IPsec
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +43 116 £62,500 +29.53% 31
UK excluding London -4 85 £60,000 +43.28% 26
South East +18 48 £60,000 -6.51% 10
Work from Home +50 45 £75,000 +15.38% 15
London +33 30 £62,500 -30.56% 9
Midlands +1 17 £65,000 +51.16% 4
West Midlands -10 17 £65,000 +51.16% 4
North of England +17 8 £48,750 -39.06% 9
North West -14 8 £48,750 +18.18% 7
East of England -13 6 £57,500 +60.84% 1
South West +8 5 £75,000 +127.27% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £85,000 - 1

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.76%) Apache Solr
2 12 (9.76%) nginx
3 9 (7.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.02%) Azure
2 20 (16.26%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 15 (12.20%) IaaS
4 15 (12.20%) SaaS
5 14 (11.38%) PaaS
6 12 (9.76%) AWS
6 12 (9.76%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.44%) GCP
8 3 (2.44%) OCI
9 2 (1.63%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.81%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 71 (57.72%) VPN
2 66 (53.66%) BGP
3 52 (42.28%) OSPF
4 48 (39.02%) WAN
5 46 (37.40%) TCP/IP
6 41 (33.33%) SSL
7 38 (30.89%) LAN
8 37 (30.08%) DNS
8 37 (30.08%) Firewall
9 32 (26.02%) VLAN
10 31 (25.20%) EIGRP
11 30 (24.39%) Cisco ASA
11 30 (24.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 29 (23.58%) VXLAN
13 27 (21.95%) Ethernet VPN
14 25 (20.33%) RIP
15 23 (18.70%) Ethernet
16 22 (17.89%) MPLS
17 21 (17.07%) SD-WAN
18 19 (15.45%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) Couchbase
1 12 (9.76%) MySQL
1 12 (9.76%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.81%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
General
1 37 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.89%) Finance
3 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.69%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.88%) Local Government
6 5 (4.07%) Retail
6 5 (4.07%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Advertising
9 2 (1.63%) Automotive
9 2 (1.63%) Banking
9 2 (1.63%) Police
10 1 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (37.40%) Network Engineer
2 32 (26.02%) Senior
3 21 (17.07%) Architect
3 21 (17.07%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 20 (16.26%) Network Architect
5 15 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Consultant
6 10 (8.13%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 8 (6.50%) Senior DevOps
7 8 (6.50%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) GCP DevOps
8 7 (5.69%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (5.69%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 6 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) GCP Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Lead
10 5 (4.07%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
10 5 (4.07%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.58%) 802.1X
2 12 (9.76%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (3.25%) JSON
3 4 (3.25%) YAML
4 3 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.81%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (9.76%) Data Centre
3 11 (8.94%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.50%) PKI
5 6 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.63%) IoT
8 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.89%) Windows
2 15 (12.20%) Linux
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.81%) Solaris
4 1 (0.81%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (21.14%) Agile
2 26 (21.14%) Network Design
3 20 (16.26%) DevOps
4 19 (15.45%) ITIL
5 16 (13.01%) Technical Leadership
6 14 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (9.76%) CI/CD
7 12 (9.76%) E-Commerce
7 12 (9.76%) Software Delivery
7 12 (9.76%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 9 (7.32%) Change Management
8 9 (7.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 8 (6.50%) Coaching
9 8 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.50%) Load Balancing
9 8 (6.50%) Mentoring
9 8 (6.50%) Problem Management
9 8 (6.50%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.01%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.76%) PHP
3 3 (2.44%) Bash
3 3 (2.44%) SQL
4 2 (1.63%) C#
4 2 (1.63%) Java
4 2 (1.63%) Python
5 1 (0.81%) C++
Qualifications
1 64 (52.03%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (43.09%) Security Cleared
3 48 (39.02%) CCNA
4 37 (30.08%) CCNP
5 26 (21.14%) DV Cleared
6 20 (16.26%) SC Cleared
7 13 (10.57%) JNCIS
8 7 (5.69%) CCIE
8 7 (5.69%) Degree
9 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (4.07%) CISSP
10 5 (4.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (2.44%) CISM
11 3 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.44%) GIAC
11 3 (2.44%) MCSA
12 2 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) SLA
2 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.44%) NCSC
3 3 (2.44%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 20 (16.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.25%) Firmware
3 4 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.81%) Docker
5 1 (0.81%) LXC
5 1 (0.81%) Samba
Systems Management
1 18 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (12.20%) Terraform
3 13 (10.57%) Ansible
4 12 (9.76%) Kubernetes
5 5 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.25%) FortiGate
7 3 (2.44%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.63%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 65 (52.85%) Cisco
2 40 (32.52%) Juniper
3 32 (26.02%) Microsoft
4 19 (15.45%) Palo Alto
4 19 (15.45%) VMware
5 11 (8.94%) SolarWinds
6 10 (8.13%) Meraki
7 9 (7.32%) Aruba
8 7 (5.69%) Riverbed
9 5 (4.07%) F5
10 4 (3.25%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.25%) Oracle
11 3 (2.44%) Apple
11 3 (2.44%) Citrix
11 3 (2.44%) Google
11 3 (2.44%) Hyperion
11 3 (2.44%) JD Edwards
11 3 (2.44%) PeopleSoft
12 2 (1.63%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.63%) SevOne